thehill.com - 1/31/2009
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Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), President Obama's nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services, neglected to pay more than $100,000 in taxes connected to a Cadillac and driver provided by a wealthy friend and business associate, according to media reports. Once ...
dcexaminer.com - 2/2/2009
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dcexaminer.com —
Tom Daschle's second act promises to be much
tougher Tom Daschle couldn't have received a much warmer
welcome from his former Senate colleagues than he...
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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/2/2009
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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Tom Daschle's nomination to be Secretary of Health
and Human Services has hit a serious snag, in
the wake of a string of revelations mostly related to his payment of taxes on income he received as part of his consulting activities since he left the ...
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Taking Stock Of The Daschle Charges
prospect.org - 2/2/2009
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prospect.org —
As the post below indicates, I'm not convinced
that Tom Daschle's future is substantially imperiled by his
shoddy tax returns. Nor am I convinced that it should be. Few actually believe that Daschle meant to cheat the government out of a $100,000 in ...
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TOM DASCHLE: THE CREDIBILITY PROBLEM.
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Kerry: Daschle's Tax Error 'Innocent'
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... addressed the taxes issue and took all necessary steps to correct his innocent error. I’ve known Tom Daschle for years and he is a man of great character and integrity who will do a superb job in helping us fix our healthcare system. I look forward to his speedy confirmation," said Kerry, a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, which will vote on whether or not to recommend Daschle's confirmation to the entire upper chamber. A Finance Committee report obtained by Fox News showed that Daschle paid ...
Feinstein: Confirm Daschle
News —
... than Tom Daschle, and I know of no one more qualified to be Secretary of Health and Human Services than Tom Daschle," Feinstein said. "I understand that there are concerns being raised regarding mistakes he has already corrected. But I strongly believe Tom Daschle merits confirmation as Secretary of Health and Human Services. He has my full support." Daschle's nomination, which was expected to be confirmed easily in the upper chamber, became a controversial one yesterday with the revelation that Daschle failed to pay over $100,000 in taxes. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) issued a ...
Time for a Closer Look
Pundits Blog —
... ) Former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) will quietly ascend Capitol Hill tonight and face his former colleagues in a closed-door session regarding his future as President Obama’s secretary of Health and Human Services. Up until Friday, this was a foregone conclusion — the popular leader would be quickly confirmed as the nation’s next top health policymaker. But evidence uncovered by ABC News and reported in The Hill of Sen. Daschle’s tax evasion (unknowingly or not) is cause for concern. I’ll let Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and upper-chamber Republicans ...
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obsidianwings.blogs.com 2/4/2009 — by hilzoy As you are all undoubtedly aware, Tom Daschle has asked that his nomination as Secretary of HHS be withdrawn, and Obama has agreed. As I wrote a few days ago, I think this is a good thing. I think Daschle would have been an immense ...
Tom Daschle, Survivor
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/2/2009 — At the moment, you have to think Tom Daschle is going to pull this out. It's possible that his failure to pay taxes on a limo rides and other benefits he accrued from a New York financier. But several things have turned Daschle's way today.
First, ...
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blogs.abcnews.com 1/31/2009 — ABC News has obtained the Senate Finance Committee Report on Tom Daschle's nomination to be Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, which indicates that Daschle's tax problems were even more substantial than earlier reported. The ...
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washingtonmonthly.com 2/4/2009 — More On Daschle As Steve noted earlier, Tom Daschle has asked that his nomination as Secretary of HHS be withdrawn, and Obama has agreed. As I wrote a few days ago, I think this is a good thing. I think...
Why Daschle May Have Jumped Too Soon
politics.theatlantic.com 2/4/2009 — Former Sen. Tom Daschle might have survived the maelstrom and survived to take a job at the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services, but history might reflect that the choice, ultimately, was his own.
Aside from ...
Tom Daschle: Symbol of All That's Wrong in D.C.
powerlineblog.com 2/3/2009 — Tom Daschle is a man of little ability who, as far as history records, has never had a creative or original idea about any public policy issue. Nevertheless, through a combination of assiduous delivery of pork to his constituents, slavish devotion to ...
Now, it's Tom Daschle who forgot to pay taxes--$128,000 worth
latimesblogs.latimes.com 1/31/2009 — More simple, inadvertent, overlooked, accidental, good faith tax mistakes in the would-be Obama Cabinet.
This time it's Tom Daschle , the former South Dakota senator and Senate Democratic leader who got knocked off by the Republicans in 2004, ...
Democrats line up to support Daschle —
CNN Political Ticker 1/31/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Four prominent Democratic Senators spoke out Saturday in support of former Sen. Tom Daschle, whose tax records have come under scrutiny as he pursues a Cabinet position in the administration of President Barack Obama.
Obama ...
Obama Relative Arrested in Kenya —
NYT > Politics 1/31/2009
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